The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-04

understand that everything in nature
10 susceptible 10 death, except truth
that can. be demonstrated. Words
die, languages die, men die, and ma.
tons die, but those grand crystals Of
truth, which nature yielded up centu.
ries ago, can never eutcumb even to
the ruthless hand of time, Troy and
Thebes are gone, and can be seen only
in The dim simmer of the historians
light. Athens, classic Athensi the
city that reyeled in roetry and light,
can rpeak to us today only through
her dead ruins. Her sculptors ard
painters have rushed backward with
the aeetipg centuries, end are lost 10
the great vortex Of the bygone ages,
but the truths spoken by her philoso.
pliers are as full Of life today se when
they fell fresh from the lips Of Soc.
rates and Plato. And time Only lends
luater and makes them ehinS ike dis.
monds set on the dark background OF
euperstition and death.
"Ihe order OF nature is that when
the new Comes the old protests and
fights until forced 10 give up. Creeds
die hard. Cd religions make des
perate struggle before they Yield, but
today their wlthered ferns ere seen
stranded upon lie great stream Of time
like ginning ghosts, marking the
battle ground where superstition
fought against the onward march Of
science, truth and the real God.
"The reason why the old dies 80
bard is because progress is made 80
elowly, but the survival of thu fttest
and the ultimate prevalence OF tie
best is q law Of nature, true beyond
question. After the new school Of
medicine, with it's improvements, had
pretty we'll displaced the Old in this
country, now and then could be seen
practitioner, frail with age and pow.
er,y, riding upon his dropping steed,
holding fast to his old wallet, which
contained his jalop, blister plaster and
q lance 60 rusty and dull that 1t makes
one shudder to contemplate its use.
What lie he doingr Hunting a credu.
lous patient; hunting someone who is
willing to be cupped, blis!ered and
bled. This poor old man Is dying
hard. He still hangs on, but he and
his school 70 west before progressive
medicine, as the Stage coach before The
locomotive.
Eternal progress Ia written all over
restless nature. Many a man on re-
turning from scientific pursuits has
seen his creed In all things wither and
cracked like green leaves ecorched in
the eup. Orr creeds are what we
think today-it is q crime II we let
them pull us back tomorrow. They
are simply mile posts on the highway
Of life TO indicate how far we have
Travelled. They are but charcoal,
chunks Of wood AID STRAW, showing
where the great army csmped but for
6 single night. Our creed today is
simply whore we are camping,
1.-THE world Ia but q kaleidoscope II
change every lime il ia shaken, and
becomes more beautiful with each
charge. Man himself is but kind Of
progressive kaleidoscope, for by his
increased knowledge obi cts assume
new appecte, and by his int ileclusl de.
yelopment can be see farther and make
grander conceptions Of things around
nim. Mans greatness and nsppinest
Is dus mole 20 the charges within
than without.
"Trsmpl lrampl goes the army un'
aware, closing up Its ranks. Their
comes a poet and sings, ard all msn
kind listens, for when a true poe
sings they cannot help but listen, arc
then, awaking rs II from q dream, th'
world sees that a great leap forwsrC
has been ,aken. Tramp trampl wen
the catholicism Of the middle ages
aud when II had reached It's heigh
Dante Gang aud the world listened
Tramp trsmpl went the feudal sys
ten, and when couftiere and lord
had reached their seine they seemet
10 crystaliz9 In Shakeepeare's sony
Since that day kings and noblemeI
have been declining, and the divini
idea OF the universal rights OF III,
human family has been gainipj
ground. Alter o while there viii com
poet 10 paint this grand conception
ard hold u mp thst all future age
may see, q, ancient Greece through
Homer IL teen Thus moves the wo' ],
sloLg. We muy only rtaiisj Il b!
J iumps.
Science Il digging round al ttruct
uro and wedding out tho worm.esteI
roots. Schemes In our courts oiei
saves the innocent and stamps thl
guilty. Science properly applied is
great purifier, ievealeT and mover c
the word. W1ere would We b.
without elce2
eater CaperuiCus had dsmonftrn'et
the truth OF his system and tho ecienc
OF astronomy had given ne ths key I,
, the heavens, and man could read IN
+. starr like an open book, II took tn
: Church oil Rome nearly 800 yeas Y
. ado1t it Man WAS iined 10 his idol
! 90 closely that u took all this time 10
} solenlifc.Tulh 10 enter lis head. Thfc
. hundred yeas pft'r man hid taill,
] ron d the world and looked on
4 upon the sars In all 81
3 rtctiors before he could Turn loos
/. the Guperetitious idea OF a fat cart
and q yaging hell beneath. Thre
hundred Yeas before he could douh
!. his creed, although the demonstrate
= truth was knocking a. the very doc
!. Of his intelligence every dfy btggin
/. for admittance. But when finally tn
/ thick case OF Ignorance that SUI
Q rounded his head was broken and ~
/ genial light Of science beamed into hi
4 intellect, his creed went, but his cor
q ception Of God became grAnder, sn
man became more elevated an
}. happy. Thus science stamps heree
q % a servant AMI reyealer OF God, an
q wherever she gets the attention I
q men or nations long enough 10 g,
b plain herself, she leads them on
J. grander nights.
4 "a few years ago the electric ligh
!. shot out Of he bosom Of nature 9
i suddenly that, had not the hand Of Il,
n iaon been aeen. IL might have bee